Improvement in harness-saddles



J. H. GARRETT.

HARNESS-SADDLE.

N o 185 517 Patented D e c. v19, 18 76.

INVENTOR,

ATTORNEYS,

THE GRAPHIC CON( UNITED STATES PATENT QEEIGE.

JAMES HENRY GARRETT, OF MOUNT PLEASANT, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARNESS-SADDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 185,5 I7, dated December 19, 1876; application filed October 2l, 1876.

To all whom @t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. GARRETT, ot' Mount Pleasant, in the county of Henry and State of Iowa, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Harness-Pads; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and iigures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is `a representation of a rear and part sectional View. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view. Fig. 3 is a detail view.

This invention relates to harness-saddles; and it consists in the construction and arrangement ot' the devices hereinafter particularly described.

In the annexed drawings, A designates an ordinary donble-stult'ed pad for a harnesssad dle, and B designates the saddle-leather overlaying and secured to the saine. C is ametal saddle plate overlaying said saddle leather, and provided in the middle with a checkstrap holder, D, and at the ends with two terrets, E E, of ordinary construction; also, at the middle of itsrear side, with a staple, F, for the attachment of the backband.

The surface ot' said saddle-plate is recessed so as to leave alraised peripheral langeor ridge, G, and in the said recess sets an ornamental leather strip, H. Flange or ridge Gr adds to the strength of said saddle-plate. The ends of said saddleplate are recessed on their under sides at c c, to receive attaching-tongues or inward extensionsi i ot' small shatt-susis shown in detail in Fig. 3. Said plates or jockeys I I are cross slotted at J near their outer ends, to receive the straps of the shafthooks. Said jockeys are riveted to saddleleather B, and are further secured to the harness-saddle by means of the screw-threaded shanks or bolts e e ot' terrets E E, which pass through saddle-plate O, extensions i ofjockeys I I, and saddle-leather B, and are finally secured inside ot' pad A by means of nuts e e. The construction and arrangement of both of said shaft-suspending plates or jockeys are precisely the same. Various formal and other modifications may, however, be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

The chief advantage of the above construction is that, in case one of thc shaft-suspending plates or jockeys happens to be broken, it may be replaced without diminishing the value of the saddleplate C, or in any way injuring it. The method of attachment by extension i and recess c also tends to brace each one of said plates or jockeys against transverse strains.

What l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The harness-saddle herein described, consisting ot' the tlanged plate O, provided with end recesses c c on its under side, detachable jockeys I, having transverse slots J, and recesses i, and pad A B, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my naine in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES HENK Y GARR ETT.

Witnesses:

S. HEERIOK, W. D. SNYDEE, Jr. 

